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Portrait Miniature


Portrait miniature of an unknown woman in an oval locket, watercolour on vellum, painted by Peter Oliver, early 1620s.


Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Miniature
  • Lid
Brief description
Portrait miniature of an unknown woman in an oval locket, watercolour on vellum, painted by Peter Oliver, early 1620s.
Dimensions
  • Case height: 46mm
  • Case width: 30mm
  • Case depth: 4mm
Credit line
Salting Bequest
Object history
Provenance: Acquired by George Saltiny ' from an unrecorded source, and by him bequeathed to the Museum, 1910.
Bibliographic reference
Murdoch, John. Seventeenth-century English Miniatures in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: The Stationery Office, 1997.
Collection
Accession number
P.137&A-1910

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Record createdJuly 14, 2003
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